The report by the R Street Institute echoed many of these sentiments, asserting that vaping is a safer alternative to smoking as e-cigs deliver nicotine without tobacco.

Statistics have shown that 34% of e-cig users in 2016 were former smokers, indicating that vaping has helped a significant amount of smokers quit.

“It cannot be concluded from this cell culture that e-cigarette vapour actually has toxic or carcinogenic effects in humans who use these products,” says Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Boston University School of Public Health told the Daily Caller.